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Agriculture and Food in Jordan

Growing more food with less water, from the Jordan Valley to the desert farms of the future.

$400m: forward investment in its own projects
28: projects in this guide
4: in or linked to Aqaba

The sector today

Agriculture and Food in Jordan

Jordan grows food in one of the driest places on earth. Farming uses about half of the country's water, yet the sector keeps growing: agricultural exports reached JD1.68 billion in 2025, sold to 112 countries, and self-sufficiency reached 61.4% across all food groups in 2024.

The Jordan Valley, below sea level, grows vegetables and fruit through the winter for markets across the Gulf and beyond, while the highlands produce olives, herbs and stone fruit. Export volumes rose 14% in the first half of 2026, and the National Food Security Strategy 2021 to 2030 aims to make Jordan a regional hub for food security.

The next phase moves value from the field to the factory, the market and the lab. New wholesale markets, a modern slaughterhouse, agro-industrial zones and agri-tech farms are on offer to investors. This guide sets out where the sector stands, the projects in the Jordan PPP project register, and the opportunities it opens as infrastructure moves towards the singularity.

JD1.68bn: Value of Jordan's agricultural exports in 2025, shipped to 112 countries across the region and the world.
61.4%: Self-sufficiency rate across all food groups reached in 2024, as Jordan works towards its food security targets.
+14%: Growth in agricultural export volumes in the first half of 2026, to 281,000 tonnes of produce.
50%: Share of Jordan's water resources used by agriculture, which makes every gain in water efficiency count.

The singularity

Food is where the singularity reaches every table

The infrastructure singularity is the point where roads, grids, ports and water networks become one connected, intelligent system, built by robotics, run by artificial intelligence and financed by tokenization. Food is the product of all of them together: water, power, logistics and data.

Artificial intelligence: Schedules irrigation from soil and weather data, spots disease from images, forecasts yields and prices, and plans what to plant for each market and season.
Robotics: Robots seed, prune, harvest and pack in greenhouses and packhouses, while drones map fields and spray only where needed.
Tokenization: Greenhouses, cold stores and markets earn steady revenue. Tokenized stakes and digital warehouse receipts let farmers raise finance and let investors own part of the food system.
Water: AI matches desalinated, treated and harvested water to each crop, turning the scarcest input into a precisely managed one.
Abundance: When light, water and nutrients are controlled by software and powered by the sun, food production depends less on rain and more on engineering.

Flagship projects

The projects that lead the sector

Tendering · Al-Madouneh, Amman
New Amman Slaughterhouse
A US$60 million PPP to design, build, finance, operate and transfer an integrated livestock slaughterhouse with cattle, sheep and poultry lines and a business-to-business meat market on a 140,849 m² municipal site. Expressions of interest closed in January 2026, and Amman Vision is managing the tender.
Tendering · Irbid
Irbid Central Market
A 20-year concession from Greater Irbid Municipality to design, build, finance, operate and transfer a modern wholesale market on 300 dunums, with trading yards, cold stores, a full cold chain and quality-control facilities. The bid deadline was extended to October 22, 2026.
Pipeline · Aqaba
Aqaba Agri-Tech Corridor
An Aqaba Development Corporation corridor offering leasehold plots of 1,000 to 50,000 m² for vertical farming, hydroponics, post-harvest services and research, close to the city and its ports.
Under way · Ghor Al-Mazra'a
Southern Ghor Agro-Industrial Development Zone
A 130-dunum zone developed by the Ministry of Agriculture for drying, cooling, packing and processing plants run by private investors. In October 2026 the Cabinet allocated funds to tender its infrastructure so that factories can start operating.
Awarded · Amman
Al Muwaqqar Food Processing Complex
A private investment of more than JD20 million in a main food processing plant and supporting units on 46 dunums at Al Muwaqqar Industrial Estate, signed in January 2026 and planned to employ about 500 people at full operation.
Under way · Northern Jordan Valley
Jordan Valley Citrus and Vegetable Processing Centre
A packhouse and cold store for about 12,000 tonnes of produce, run with the citrus growers' cooperative. Its first automated washing, waxing, grading and packing line began trial operation in January 2026.

Every project

28 projects in Jordan’s pipeline

Values in US dollars; * estimated where no figure has been published. Rows in grey sit in another sector and connect to this one.

Project	Location	Stage	Value
Aqaba Agri-Tech Corridor	Aqaba	Pipeline	$150m*
Eco-Industrial Park, Ba'oun Development Area	Ba'oun, Ajloun Governorate	Pipeline	$60m*
New Amman Slaughterhouse (Al-Madounah)	Al-Madouneh, Amman	Tendering	$60m
Irbid Central Market	Al-Nuaimeh area, Irbid	Tendering	$32m*
Al Muwaqqar Food Processing Complex	Al Muwaqqar Industrial Estate	Awarded	$28m
Southern Ghor Agro-Industrial Development Zone (Ghor Al-Mazra'a & Al-Haditha)	Ghor Al-Mazra'a and Al-Haditha, Southern	Under way	$20m
Ma'an Central Market	Al-Husainya Municipality	Pipeline	$10m*
North Rahma Irrigation Project (Operation & Management)	Rahma	Open opportunity	$9m*
Modern Irrigation Systems & Alternative Energy	Balqa	Open opportunity	$9m*
Aquaponic & Hydroponic Farming, Azraq	Azraq	Pipeline	$8m*
Jordan Valley Citrus and Vegetable Processing Centre	Northern Jordan Valley	Under way	$7m
Model Farm	Sakhra, Ajloun Governorate	Pipeline	$6m*
Arab Potash × JPMC Integrated Fertilizer Complex	Eshidiya	Pipeline	$1bn
Madaba Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion	Madaba	Pipeline	$141m
King Abdullah Canal Northern Rehabilitation	Northern Jordan Valley	Pipeline	$112m
North Balqa Wastewater Treatment Plant	Northeastern Balqa Governorate	Under way	$59m
West Irbid Wastewater Treatment Plant	West Irbid	Under way	$30m
Essential Oils Production Plant	Jordan highlands; farmland and growers i	Open opportunity	$29m*
Al-Madouna Logistics Center	Al-Madouneh	Pipeline	$27m
Agri-tourism Village - Sakhra (Ajloun)	Sakhra, Ajloun	Pipeline	$20m
Zibar Wastewater Project (Olive-Mill Waste-to-Value)	Near Irbid city	Pipeline	$15m*
King Talal Dam Sedimentation Reduction	King Talal Dam upper catchment	Under way	$12m
Agricultural Waste to Biochar	Amman	Open opportunity	$10m*
Food Waste to Fish Feed	Jerash, Mafraq	Open opportunity	$10m*
Biogas from Organic Waste	Balqa	Open opportunity	$10m*
Food Factory Waste to Animal Feed	Jordan	Open opportunity	$7m*
Wadi Araba Small-Scale Water Harvesting Infrastructure	Wadi Araba, Aqaba Governorate	Pipeline	$0.2m
As-Samra Wastewater Treatment Plant (Phases 1 & 2)	As-Samra	Delivered	$374m*

AI, robotics and tokenization

What changes for agriculture and food

Artificial intelligence

AI lets Jordanian farms grow on data. Models read soil sensors, weather and satellite images to set water and fertilizer for each field, forecast yields and prices, and flag pests and disease before they spread. In a country where farming uses about half the water, every litre saved by better scheduling can serve cities instead, and markets and packhouses can plan supply with far less waste.

What can be built

Precision irrigation. Systems that set water and fertilizer for each field from sensors, weather and satellite data.
Crop health monitoring. Image models that detect pests and disease early in greenhouses, orchards and open fields.
Market intelligence. Price and demand forecasts for wholesale markets such as Irbid and Ma'an, so growers plan what to plant.
Food safety and traceability. AI that tracks produce and meat from farm to shelf for export and halal certification.

Robotics

Robotics lets Jordanian farms and food plants do more with the same people. Robots seed, prune and harvest under glass, drones survey fields and spray only where a crop needs it, and automated lines wash, grade, pack and store produce, as the first line at the Jordan Valley citrus centre now does. In slaughterhouses and processing plants, automation raises hygiene and keeps output steady through the season.

What can be built

Greenhouse robots. Machines that seed, prune, pollinate and harvest in greenhouses and vertical farms.
Field drones. Drones that map crops, count trees and spray only where pests or disease appear.
Automated packhouses. Lines that wash, grade, wax and pack produce for export with consistent quality.
Automated processing. Robotic cutting, packing and cold storage in slaughterhouses and food plants, raising hygiene and output.

Tokenization

A greenhouse, cold store or market with long-term offtake or rental contracts earns steady revenue, which suits tokenization. Stakes in these assets could be issued as tokens and paid from produce sales, storage fees and stall rents as they arrive. Digital warehouse receipts would let farmers borrow against stored crops, and publishing each site's yield and water use would show investors what the asset produces.

What can be built

Greenhouse stakes. Tokens in high-tech greenhouses and vertical farms that pay holders from produce sales.
Digital warehouse receipts. Tokens for crops held in cold stores, which farmers can sell or borrow against.
Market concession tokens. Shares in wholesale market and slaughterhouse concessions, paid from fees and rents.
Contract farming finance. Tokens that fund seeds, inputs and equipment for growers, repaid from the harvest.

Small PPPs and unsolicited proposals

Small PPPs and research labs

Agriculture suits small PPPs because a pilot can be built in one season and measured from the first harvest. A research lab at the Ministry of Agriculture could run pilots at about $100,000 each, such as a hydroponic unit on public land in Azraq, solar-powered drip irrigation on a model farm in the Jordan Valley, or a small cold store at a municipal market, and scale the winners across the governorates.

How it works

Unsolicited proposals under Article 15

A company that knows where produce spoils, land sits idle or irrigation wastes water can propose its own project under Article 15. Ideas include cold stores and packhouses at municipal markets, solar irrigation for public farms, agri-waste plants that turn residues into feed, biochar or biogas, controlled-environment farms on state land in the east, and food-safety laboratories serving exporters.

How it works

New industries

What the sector can create

01Controlled-environment farmingVertical farms and high-tech greenhouses powered by solar and fed by desalinated or treated water, supplying the Gulf all year.
02Cold-chain logisticsConnected cold stores, reefer trucks and market hubs that cut losses and carry fresh produce from farm to port in hours.
03Alternative proteins and aquacultureIndoor fish farms, aquaponics and insect protein for feed, producing protein with little land and water.
04Agri-waste to valueTurning crop residues, food waste and slaughterhouse by-products into biochar, biogas, fish feed and animal feed.
05Essential oils and botanicalsDistilling Jordan's thyme, sage, lavender and other herbs into oils and extracts for cosmetics and pharmacy markets.
06Agri-tech servicesJordanian companies that sell AI irrigation, crop monitoring and farm robotics to growers across the dry regions of the world.

Opportunities

Where partners come in

Tenders: Bid for the New Amman Slaughterhouse and the next municipal market concessions, alone or in consortiums with operators and lenders.
Open opportunities: Take up Invest Jordan opportunities such as Ma'an Central Market, aquaponic farming in Azraq, the North Rahma farm and the Ajloun model farm.
Direct proposals: Propose a project under Article 15 of PPP Law No. 19 of 2023, such as solar irrigation, packhouses or cold-chain hubs.
Small-scale PPPs: Regulation No. 9 of 2024 allows small-scale PPPs below about US$14.1 million, which suits local markets, packhouses and model farms.
Zones and incentives: Invest in the Aqaba Special Economic Zone, the Southern Ghor zone and industrial estates, with Investment Environment Law incentives.
Investment and ownership: Finance farms, cold stores and markets through funds, development banks, contract farming and tokenized stakes that open ownership to more investors.

Stained-glass illustration in blue glass of a city of towers under a rising arch

The road to the singularity

2026Slaughterhouse and Irbid market tenders advance; Southern Ghor factories prepare to open; export volumes up 14% in the first half.
2030The food security strategy period closes; new markets and cold chains run; agri-tech farms produce in Aqaba and the east.
2035Most high-value crops grow under precision irrigation or controlled environments; farm waste feeds energy and feed plants.
2040AI plans production, water and logistics across the country; robots do most harvesting and packing.
2050Jordan grows more food per drop than almost anywhere and exports produce, protein and agri-tech know-how to the region.

Jordan has learned to farm with very little water. The projects in this guide are the first steps towards a food system run by intelligence and sunlight that feeds the country and supplies the region.

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Guides for organizations

Launch a PPP program of your own

The guides closest to agriculture and food, each showing one kind of organization how to launch a PPP program, with six first steps.

Economic sectors
Agriculture and Food Companies
Your company launches a PPP program to develop greenhouse, hydroponic, irrigation, cold chain, food processing and food security projects as public-private partnerships (PPPs) and to put public farmland and markets to productive use.
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Economic sectors
Cooperatives
Your cooperative launches a PPP program to build, own and run the irrigation, solar, cold stores, housing, markets and water networks its members depend on as public-private partnerships (PPPs).
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Economic sectors
Green Economy Companies
Your company launches a PPP program to bring energy efficiency, building retrofits, electric mobility and other climate technologies into public-private partnership (PPP) projects and to finance them from the savings they produce.
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Capital
Microfinance Institutions
Your institution launches a PPP program to finance the small contractors, suppliers, operators and households inside public-private partnership (PPP) projects.
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